In the press - Opening of an investigation against Trump: "The Democrats have crossed the Rubicon"

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On the front page of the press, reactions to the announcement yesterday of the opening of an inquiry by the House of Representatives against Donald Trump.

Did Donald Trump ask Ukraine for information that could harm his rival potential Joe Biden, the candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election? Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats, asks that the light be made on a possible abuse of power by the American president. The boss of the White House denounces him, "a new hunt witch gutter," yet another attempt at destabilization. But this time, the party could be announced more complicated, according to Politico , whose analysis is shared by The New York Times , which estimates that the green light granted by Donald Trump to the publication of his conversations with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, "is not going to lower the pressure", on the contrary. "The Democrats have pulled the trigger, the Rubicon has been crossed," warns the newspaper. The Washington Post , which recalls past attempts by Donald Trump's teams to bring Russia into the 2016 campaign, sees the Ukrainian case as proof that the President has never stopped, in fact, resorting to "Foreign interference to interfere in the American electoral process". The paper demands that these methods be finally sanctioned by the Congress.

For The Wall Street Journal , the opening of an investigation into an impeachment against Donald Trump was "inevitable" as "most Democrats and most American media (would not) have ever considered Donald Trump as a legitimate president. "They still can not believe that 63 million Americans voted for him rather than for their candidate, Hillary Clinton, and have been looking for a motive to chase him since he came to the White House." "Nancy Pelosy has just started a political battle whose outcome is uncertain. She will now have to be fair and ask for an investigation into the real acts of Mr. Biden and his son in Ukraine. "

The Ukrainian affair inspires many cartoonists. In Mike Smith's drawing, someone asks Donald Trump if he wants to speak to the Iranians. President's response: "Do they have mud, compromising news about Biden?" Will Donald Trump's attempts to dirty his opponents end up turning against him? In Nate Beeler's drawing, the president ends up in the skin of the sprinkler. "Hello Ukraine! send me dirt, mud on Biden "- and it's him who finds himself plunged to the neck. Two drawings found on Twitter .

In the United Kingdom, yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled Boris Johnson's "illegal" decision to suspend Parliament. The snub on the Prime Minister made the front page of the entire British Daily Mirror press at the Daily Telegraph , via The I. Even the most pro-Johnson tabloids are obliged to agree: Brenda Hale, the president of the Supreme Court, who declared the suspension of Parliament "illegal, null and void" and whose spider pin has also made pouring a lot of ink, has just suffered a huge setback to Boris Johnson - hence the Sun 's slander , which headlines for Lady Hale: "You may respect the law, but we do not like you not so far. The decision of the judges also remains across the throat of the Daily Express : "Illegal, suspension of Parliament? But what is legal in the decision to deny the will of the 17 million Britons, who voted for Brexit ?, the tabloid calls. For The Scostman , the mass is said: the outlaw is him, Boris Johnson. "He has deceived the Queen, the people and parliament," accuses The Guardian , who announces that "the humiliated Prime Minister will face the anger of the deputies today." "Back to chaos," laments The Times . Boris Johnson continues against all against saying that he will not resign: "Get rid of me if you can," makes him say the free Metro .

Boris Johnson whose setbacks, like those of his friend Donald Trump, inspire many cartoonists. In Christian Adams' drawing, Brenda Hale's hammer blow literally shatters Boris Johnson, whose hair is all we can see. It must be said that the hair of Boris Johnson, like that of his friend Donad Trump, is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Boris Johnson, who is also caught in his own trap, in the drawing of Steve Bell, where the parliament of Westminter is turned into a burning derrick. A fatal explosion to Boris Johnson, whose great rival Labor, is in ambush. Jeremy Corbyn does not lose a crumb of the show. Two drawings also spotted on Twitter .

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